Tom Batiuk spent several years as a middle school art teacher
before creating the comic strip Funky Winkerbean in 1972.
Originally a ""gag-a-day"" comic strip that portrayed life in high
school, Funky has evolved into a mature series of real-life stories
examining such social issues as teen dating abuse, teen pregnancy,
teen suicide, violence in schools, the war in the Middle East,
alcoholism, divorce, and cancer. In 1999, Lisa Moore, one of
Funky's friends and a main character, discovered she had breast
cancer. Batiuk, unsure about dealing with such a serious subject on
the funny pages, decided to go ahead with the story line. He
approached the topic with the idea that mixing humor with serious
and real themes heightens the reader's interest. Lisa and husband
Les faced the same physical, psychological, and social issues as
anyone else dealing with the disease. After a mastectomy and
chemotherapy, Lisa was cancer free. She finished her law degree,
opened a practice, and had a baby daughter, Summer. Then, in the
spring of 2006, the cancer returned and metastasized. ""Lisa's
Story: The Other Shoe"" is a collection of both the 1999 comic
strips on Lisa's initial battle with cancer and the current series
examining her struggle with the disease and its outcome.
Additionally, it contains resource material on breast cancer,
including early detection, information sources, support systems,
and health care.
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